Buttermilk rusks: An old-school South African favourite biscuit

You can probably still feel your fingers burning from the last time you tried to dig out your rusk from a cup of tea or coffee. In South Africa, we love a good ol’ rusk with our morning cuppa’ and we love dunking it right in. Our buttermilk rusks will bring back the nostalgia and then you can dunk as many as you want to. They are crunchy bars of goodness which also work very well as gifts or bake sale goodies.

Buttermilk rusks suggestions

Did you know that you can make a quick and easy homemade buttermilk? For every 1 cup of milk, stir in 1 tablespoon lemon juice or vinegar. Let the mixture stand for 10 minutes. You can scale the recipe up or down depending on how much you need. These rusks take two baking sessions and the second is just to dry out and can be done on the lowest oven setting for a few hours.

Bring back the nostalgia of baking with gran. Our buttermilk rusks recipe is a classic simple recipe for you to get creative with.

Do you want to make more snack and baking recipes to enjoy with your friends and family? Have a look at our excellent recipe suggestions for you to try. There are many more old-school recipes like this one. They are published in the St. Andrews Preparatory School, Prep 100 Recipe Book.

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